Question

得不偿失 dé bù cháng shī 得 (dé) to have to不 (bù) (negative prefix)丆 [一 (one) + 丿 (Schrägstrich)]卜 (bo) fortune telling偿 (cháng) repay, recompense亻 (rén) Mensch, jeder, jemand, alle, Persönlichkeit, Charakter尝 (cháng) taste失 (shī) lose丿 (piě) Schrägstrich夫 (fū) man, male adult, husband 31

Accepted Answer

得不償失 (saying) the gains do not make up for the losses 因此，看起来政治家们取得了胜利。我惟一的想法是，他们为此付出了惨重的代价，未免得不偿失。世界上其他任何一个国家的政治家之间的分歧都没有这里的政治家之间的分歧那么大，那么公开。yīncǐ kànqǐlái zhèngzhìjiā men qǔdé le shènglì wǒ wéiyī de xiǎngfǎ shì tāmen wèicǐ fùchū le cǎnzhòng de dàijià wèimiǎn débùchángshī shìjiè shàng qítā rènhé yī gè guójiā de zhèngzhìjiā zhījiān de fēnqí dōu méiyǒu zhèlǐ de zhèngzhìjiā zhījiān de fēnqí nàme dà nàme gōngkāiSo it looks as it the politicians have won. My only point is that it has been a Pyrrhic victory. In no country in the world are politicians held in greater or more open division than they are here. 6

Hanzi	得不偿失
Traditional	得不償失
Pinyin	dé bù cháng shī
Dict	(saying) the gains do not make up for the losses
Components	*得 (dé)* to have to 不 (bù) (negative prefix)** 丆 [一 (one) + 丿 (Schrägstrich)] 卜 (bo) fortune telling *偿 (cháng)* repay, recompense** 亻 (rén) Mensch, jeder, jemand, alle, Persönlichkeit, Charakter 尝 (cháng) taste *失 (shī)* lose** 丿 (piě) Schrägstrich 夫 (fū) man, male adult, husband
example Sentences	因此，看起来政治家们取得了胜利。我惟一的想法是，他们为此付出了惨重的代价，未免得不偿失。世界上其他任何一个国家的政治家之间的分歧都没有这里的政治家之间的分歧那么大，那么公开。 yīncǐ kànqǐlái zhèngzhìjiā men qǔdé le shènglì wǒ wéiyī de xiǎngfǎ shì tāmen wèicǐ fùchū le cǎnzhòng de dàijià wèimiǎn débùchángshī shìjiè shàng qítā rènhé yī gè guójiā de zhèngzhìjiā zhījiān de fēnqí dōu méiyǒu zhèlǐ de zhèngzhìjiā zhījiān de fēnqí nàme dà nàme gōngkāi So it looks as it the politicians have won. My only point is that it has been a Pyrrhic victory. In no country in the world are politicians held in greater or more open division than they are here.
Strokes	31
HSK	6

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